Tillman had been drinking before the argument started at 48 Warner St. over his stepfather using Tillman’s mother for money. When his stepfather told him to lower his voice, Tillman became irate and went outside, where he smashed a car window.

The stepfather came out when he heard the window smash, and Tillman rushed him, throwing him to the ground onto the broken glass and climbing on top of him. He put a pocketknife to his stepfather’s throat and said, “I am going to sink it in deeper.” Police said Tillman’s stepfather had lacerations of his neck, back, face, head and hands.

Tillman told police his stepfather charged him first and he was defending himself with the knife.

Tillman was jailed Saturday at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility, unable to post $25,000 straight cash bail set by Magisterial District Judge Alexandra Kokura Kravitz. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for 8:45 a.m. June 17 before Magisterial District Judge Diana Malast.

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